Sourcing my copyright free soundtrack

For my soundtrack i have decided on 3 songs that i think would work. I have chose three songs that i think would work and that would possibly have interest in being involved in my product. The songs are; RJD2 - smoke and mirrors, Josh Martinez - Time Alone or Daft Punk - superheroes.

I chose these songs because i want a song with a deep minor or atonal sound, to make the trailer seem more on edge and creepy (because people cant relate to this atonal sound). This makes it fit with Julia Kristevas 'abject' theory and Mary Douglas' purity and danger theory, that it cant be catagorised.

I think its important to find out the album and track names for the song before sending an email so it atleast looks like i have background knowledge of the artist/group and therefore makes me look like a loyal fan which in return will make them more likely to allow me to use their music. I also purposely chose more underground artists hoping they will want to get heard more and take this as an opperunity. However, not to underground that they seem to be uncontactable.

I did some research and found out the album and track number of the song 'smoke and mirrors' by 'RJD2'. I also found their UK record label and emailed them as i presumed they were the copyright holder. Here is a printscreen of the enquiery i made:

I emailed the uk media/promotional enquiry as i thought this s the best suited to what i wanted to ask. I did notice that the record company is quite against coporate major companies etc. So there is the chance that they will be against me using the song however i think it will probably okay considering i have seen their tracks used in other films. I will now wait for a reply and if i dont recieve one i will double check the correct copyright holder and presume i will be able to use the track. I also feel quite confident considering they have a promotional enquiry email address.

I recieved this automatic response and will wait for an answer from them.

I also did some research on another song i wanted to use by josh martinez. I did some research and found out that he created his own label where his music is copyrighted. I emailed this record company (camobear records) and i am now waiting for a response.

This shows that my email has been sent.For the daft punk song i wanted to use, i found out daft punk were on virgin records but couldnt find anything about them on the virgin records so i dont know if their record deal has expired and cant find, if they have, what they are on now. It was also a remix so i dont know who would hold the copyright to that version as the remix is from an unsigned artist.

This shows that my email has been sent.

For the daft punk song i wanted to use, i found out daft punk were on virgin records but couldnt find anything about them on the virgin records so i dont know if their record deal has expired and cant find, if they have, what they are on now. It was also a remix so i dont know who would hold the copyright to that version as the remix is from an unsigned artist.

Update - 25/02/11 - I recieved no response from any of the requests. I assume that they deem project unimportant or insignificant enough that it does not require a response or pose a threat to the copyright of the music.